SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[prep] [adj] years [pers pn] was	85
2	for [adj] years [pers pn] was	49
3	for [adj] years [pers pn] was	49
4	[prep] [num] years [pers pn] was	43
5	[prep] [det] years [pers pn] was	34
6	[prep] [adj] years he was	32
7	[prep] [adj] years it was	26
8	[prep] many years [pers pn] was	20
9	[prep] many years [pers pn] was	20
10	[prep] [adj] years i was	17
11	in [adj] years [pers pn] was	14
12	in [adj] years [pers pn] was	14
13	[prep] two years [pers pn] was	11
14	[prep] two years [pers pn] was	11
15	[prep] [adj] years she was	10
16	within [adj] years [pers pn] was	9
17	within [adj] years [pers pn] was	9
18	after [adj] years [pers pn] was	6
19	[prep] ten years [pers pn] was	6
20	[prep] ten years [pers pn] was	6
21	after [adj] years [pers pn] was	6
22	[prep] those years [pers pn] was	5
23	[prep] late years [pers pn] was	5
24	[prep] later years [pers pn] was	5
25	[prep] those years [pers pn] was	5
26	[prep] several years [pers pn] was	5
27	[prep] several years [pers pn] was	5
28	[prep] [adj -er] years [pers pn] was	5